New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Monday said that the state could face electricity shortage of 11,000 MW over the next five years if no capacity addition is undertaken.
"The demand-supply gap in power in Maharashtra excluding Mumbai will reach 11,000 MW by the end of 11th five year plan," news agency PTI quoted him as saying.
Two years ago, the state was facing a peak shortage of 2,500 MW that had shot up to 6,800 MW in April, leading massive load shedding and violence in many parts of the state.
Deshmukh said that his government was gearing up to meet the demands of additional power supply through some projects that are near completion and others were in the pipeline.
"These efforts would add a total capacity of 6,425 MW which would become available in stages starting from 2009 and up to 2012,” he added.
MahaGenco, the state-owned power generating utility, has completed one 250 MW unit in Parli and another unit of similar capacity is fast nearing completion in Paras.
The utility is also in the process of obtaining environmental clearance and fuel linkages for a new 1600 MW capacity at Koradi and 800 MW at Chandrapur, Deshmukh said.
“The Dabhol power plant is generating 700 MW power and is likely to generate another 700 MW by end of June and attain its full capacity of 2,140 MW by December this year,” he said.
Deshmukh also said that over five thousand villages out of 41,095 villages in the state are yet to be electrified.
(With inputs from PTI)
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